Since the age of 14, Mick has lived on and off the streets, drinking himself to oblivion to get to sleep at night. Mick now has a home and has been sober for over a year. He is also spent time volunteering for Thames Reach.

Gillian lives at the Bermondsey Project, specialist housing run by
Thames Reach where she gets support for her mental health issues. Staff
there help residents to work through their problems, become more
independent and improve their well-being.

Changing livesListen to audio from men and women who attended Chatbout 2006, the conference for people who use Thames Reach's services.

Former rough sleeper Aldivinas Tijunaitis has come a long
way since he was helped off the streets by homeless charity Thames Reach’s
London Street Rescue team.

I've never been happierAfter leaving home following family problems, Danielle spent
months moving around Norfolk and Essex trying to find accommodation anywhere
she could. Just after her 18th birthday, Danielle found herself
bedding down in a church doorway in Essex.

Keeping busyDennis was shortlisted for the Third Sector Excellence Award’s
‘Volunteer of the Year’. A former rough sleeper who struggled with an
addiction to alcohol, Dennis completed the TRaVEL volunteering scheme. Generously, he now continues to donate his time to Thames Reach.

Thames Reach
fundraiser Milton Bevan recently went out with Thames Reach’s London Street
Rescue outreach service, working as a volunteer for the night. London Street Rescue staff and volunteers are outevery night of the year, across the
capital helping rough sleepers off the streets and into
accommodation.